While we’re actually hoping that you guys will discover new ways to play the Echorec and teach us about it, here’s a few concepts to keep in
mind when coming up with your style of playing the Echorec.
Think of your playing along these two dimensions:
Legato <---------> Staccato
Pianissimo <---------> Fortissimo
Or in guitar player speak:
Let the notes ring out <---------> Palm mute it
Not loud <---------> Loud
The Echorec was designed to accentuate playing across these two dimensions and will respond as you go from one side to the other.
What do we mean?
PLAYING TECHNIQUES
OK, now that we’ve told you about the easter egg Super Secret Fuzz Boost Mode, for normal playing circumstances you’ll want to carefully adjust
the Gain trimmer to match your guitar’s pickups and the rest of your rig:
Mininum gain is full CW on the trimpot. You should set the trimpot while your guitar is plugged in and the Mix control roughly where you think
you’ll be setting it the most. Play a chord and then slowly turn the trimpot counter-clockwise. At the beginning of the sweep the gain change
will be subtle and then slowly ramp up. It will continue providing you with clean gain with increased harmonic content until the very end when
the SSFBM is engaged.
Try setting the Gain trimmer to have a moderate amount of boost. If there are no other pedals between your guitar and the Echorec, you’ll be
able to control your volume just by changing how hard you’re playing! (Especially if you’re using mild output pickups.)
The Gain trimpot’s setting is important. Spend some quality time with it and be careful turning that delicate trimpot!
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